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    Senior Member fyrffytr1's Avatar
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    First Meager finds of 2021

    I hit two different sites with a friend today and got one good find from both. The first site produced an 1880 H Canada 5 cent piece and the second site gave me a general service eagle cuff button with no backmark. The Canada coin is a first and, while the eagle button might seem fairly common to many here it is very uncommon for my part of the world. I am in south west Georgia. I straightened the coin out with one tap from my hammer!
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    My wife does all the driving, I just hold the steering wheel!

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    Both excellent finds, congrats!
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    Nice finds!
    Best finds GW Button and John Adams Cufflink.
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    Not meager at all. Eagle buttons are not common in many places. Nice find.
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    1800s Canadian is nothing to sneeze at.

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    Fishy's are hard to find...especially way down where you are! Very cool!
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    (probably should have started with that one)

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    Never found a Fishy either.
    Congrats!
    Nice restoration job on it too!
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    Thanks for all the replies guys. I only call them meager because of what I see everyone else post here. This part of the country only goes back to the early 1800s.
    My wife does all the driving, I just hold the steering wheel!

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    Nice Eagle button.
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    No backmark on the Eagle button?
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